During the build 2022 developer conference, Microsoft confirmed that the windows 11 app store will soon allow users to download third-party widgets Friends who have used the winkey + W shortcut should not be unfamiliar with the overview interface of windows Widgets - such as displaying news headlines from Microsoft MSN or weather updates.
(Figure via windows latest)
If all goes well, developers can submit their widgets / apps to the Microsoft Store later this year. After approval, users can easily obtain native widgets from third parties through the official app store.
Obviously, Microsoft has always wanted to actively expand windows This plate of 11. Only a small number of first-party widgets are currently available, such as Microsoft to do, Microsoft stores and movies & amp; TV, etc.
In order to attract developers into the widget ecosystem, Microsoft is brewing a third-party application program interface (API). However, at a conference on build 2022, we also saw a new panel displayed by Microsoft.
As shown in the figure, users can directly access relevant services through third-party widgets. For example, a widget like slack can view messages from different channels or conversations. We believe that we still hope to get more enhanced experience in the near future.